BLACK
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets
of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her
body once did
All five horizons revolved around her
soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has
taken a turn
Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she
wore
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath
the clouds
Of what was everything?
Oh, the pictures have all been washed
in black
Tattooed everything...
I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do
I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round
my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken
glass
Of what was everything.
All the pictures have all been washed
in black
Tattooed everything...
All the love gone bad turned my world
to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all
I'll ever be...yeah...
Uh huh...uh huh...ooh...
I know someday you'll have a beautiful
life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be
mine